This essay focuses on Book review. A full review may concern only one book. ITs length is about 1500-2000 words. It should give readers an engaging informative, and critical discussion of the work. The review should follow the Guidelines below.

 

Book review

A full  review may concern only one book.

ITs length is about 1500-2000 words.

It should give readers an engaging informative, and critical discussion of the work.

The review should follow the Guidelines below.

The review should consider(please use as your outline):

1. The intended audience for the book and show would find it useful

2. The background of the author.

3. The main ideas and major objectives of the book and how effectively these are accomplished.

4. The context or impetus for the book– political controversy, implications of the book for research, policy, practice, or theory.

5. A comparison with other works on this subject

6. Constructive comments about the strength and weaknesses of the book.

The front page of your review should include:

Firstly, Your first and last name

Secondly,  Your student id

Thirdly,  Author or editor first and last name(please indicate if it is an edited book)

In addition,  Title of book

Moreover,  Year of publication

Further,  Place of publication

Additionally,  Publisher

Furthermore,  Number of pages

Lastly,  Price

Finally,  ISBN

 

A review is a critical evaluation of a text, event, object, or phenomenon.

Reviews can consider books, articles, entire genres or fields of literature,

architecture, art, fashion, restaurants, policies, exhibitions, performances, and many other forms.

This handout will focus on  reviews. For a similar assignment, see our handout on literature reviews.

Above all, a review makes an argument.

The most important element of a review is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary.

It allows you to enter into dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and with other audiences.

You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary

or deficient in its knowledge, judgments, or organization.

You should clearly state your opinion of the work in question,

and that statement will probably resemble other types of academic writing,

with a thesis statement, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion.